Obituaries

Ione LeVan Dorwart, 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 after a brief stay at ­Hospice of Lancaster County-Mt. Joy.  Ione was a lifelong resident of Lancaster.  She was the daughter of the late John J. and Miriam Thompson LeVan. Ione was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Lancaster.  She and her husband, Noel S. Dorwart, celebrated their...

Alberta Kessinger Meadowcroft, 99, passed away peacefully March 5, 2011 in Lancaster, Pa. She was a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Through all she was a musician who loved to create beauty through music and share her love of music through teaching and performing. She taught music, piano and organ for more than 70 years. She was the National...

William H. Springer, 92, a resident of Arbor View at ­Willow Valley died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the home.He was the husband of the late A. Rosella Himmelsbach Springer who died January 26, 2011.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Harry C. and Estella M. Wagner Springer.Mr. Springer was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic...

Barbara Stauffer McElfish, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Visalia, CA.  She was born February 20, 1920 in Leola, PA, a daughter of the late Claude and Dorothy Frey Stauffer. A member of First United Methodist Church, Lancaster, Barbara had been active with the Junior League and the Lancaster Symphony before her move to California.  She...

Glenn E.  “Ed” Howry of Lititz peacefully passed away at the Heart of Lancaster surrounded by his loving family.Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Glenn E. and Emma Wilson Howry. He was the husband of Linda Shade Howry with whom he celebrated 35 years of marriage on 10/11/2010.His last place of employment was Yerger Brothers in...

Edith Mae Miller, 78, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2011 at home.Born November 13, 1932 in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Aldus and Leota Coble Kreider.Edith retired from Kemp Foods in 1997 where she had been employed in the purchasing department. She also worked as a marshall at Overlook Golf Course.She was a graduate...

Dr. Dominick J. Fanani, 94, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Arbor View at Willow Valley.  Dr. Fanani was born in Mt. Hope, WV on September 12, 1916 but grew up in Windber, PA.  He graduated from Windber High School in 1934 in the middle of the Great Depression. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Edinboro University...

Stella Louise Spiese, 90, of 2115 Lynn Avenue, Lancaster, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 27th, at the Mennonite Home. Born in Powellville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Mary Amanda Bailey Holland.Married for nearly 46 years, she spent her life as a loving wife to George C. Spiese Jr. Mrs. Spiese was a homemaker...

Herbert L. Rogers, 81, of Lititz, died Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Lancaster ­General Hospital following a brief illness.Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Henry L. and Emma B. McCune Rogers.Herbert was a graduate of Manheim Township High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society and Drexel University where he earned a...

Harry Stehman Mumma, 95, died peacefully in his sleep, February 12, 2011, at Landis Homes Retirement Community. Born in Landisville, PA, the youngest child of the late Harry Landis and Lizzie Stehman Mumma. He was married to the late Helen Brubaker Snyder, who died in 1995, for 56 years. He was also preceded in death by his second wife Janet...

Mary K. Dano, 69, of Lancaster, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 14, 2011 at the home of her daughter, with her family by her bedside.She would have been married 47 years in May to her loving husband, Robert J. Dano. Born December 21, 1941 in New York, New York, she was the daughter of...

Jay F. Risser, 81, of Lancaster, was called home by his Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County with his family by his bedside.He was married 60 years to Evelyn Holbein Risser.  Born September 6, 1929 in Mount Joy, he was the son of the late Paul and Elsie Shonk Risser.Mr. Risser was the...

Captain Walter Harvey Jester, 92, of Willow Valley Manor North, Lancaster, PA, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Willow Valley. Born in Chester, PA, he was the son of the late Jesse William Jester and Irene Stewart Jester, and the husband of the late Lillian Perozok Jester, who died in March, 2009.He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...

Mary A. “Nan” Zimmerman, 78, of Lancaster, PA, died Thursday, F e b r u a r y 10th, at Conestoga View. She was the wife of Wayne A. Zimmerman, and they celebrated 57 years of marriage. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Maurice N. and Emma Walters Kachel. She was a member of First United...

Robert (Bob) C. Kahler of Willow Street passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 after living life to the fullest. Born in Shamokin, PA on September 8, 1937, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Ethel B a s h o r e Kahler. Bob was married to Jean M. Kahler of Willow Street. He graduated...

Mary Jane Haines passed away peacefully at Lancaster Mennonite Home on February 1, 2011. She was born in 1917 in E m p r e s s , Alberta, Canada. Her parents were Edwin Clark and Maud Gontner Herr, both from Lancaster, PA. Her parents had spent several decades homesteading as wheat farmers in Alberta and returned to Lancaster in...

Margaret K. Shenk, 99, a resident of Meadow Ridge at Willow Valley, died Monday, February 7, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County. She was the wife of the late Clayton B. Shenk who died in 2000. Born August 16, 1911 in Millersville, she was the daughter of the late Miles and Elizabeth Kilheffer. Mrs. Shenk had spent many years as...

Michael J. Lee, 41, of Lancaster, formerly of Patterson, NJ, passed away February 6th, 2011. Michael, a loving father and husband, is survived by his companion of 24 years,  Ve r o n i c a Hutchins; two sons, Michael and Kevin; and daughter, Danielle. Michael was the son of John Hines. Michael was employed by ServPro as a carpet...

Mary Spicer Heuyard Mary Spicer Heuyard, 80, of Lancaster and formerly of Farmdale, was peacefully called home to be with her Lord on February 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Willis and Mary Emma Morrow Rineer. She was married to Barton  E. Heuyard for fifteen wonderful years. Mary was...

A. Rosella Springer, 92, a  resident of St. Anne’s Home, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at L a n c a s t e r General Hospital. She was the wife of William H. S p r i n g e r.  Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Albert A. and Mary M. Reardon Himmelsbach. Rosella...